FACULTY HANDBOOK ON SCHOOL NEWS, A HANDBOOK TO HELP TEACHERS GET THE BEST CO-OPERATION FROM SCHOOL AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.

Quill and Scroll Foundation, Iowa City, IA.

DIRECTED TOWARD THE SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS ADVISOR NEW TO THE FIELD AND THE TEACHER UNACQUAINTED WITH NEWSPAPER PROCEDURES OR AIMS, THIS HANDBOOK COVERS BOTH NEWSPAPER TECHNIQUES AND OBJECTIVES. ITS THESIS IS THAT AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF THE SCHOOLS CAN BE OBTAINED ONLY THROUGH THE INTELLIGENT USE, BY ALL TEACHERS AND ALL DEPARTMENTS, OF THE VARIOUS MEDIA OF PUBLICITY. THE MANY STEPS NEEDED FOR GATHERING, WRITING, AND PUBLISHING THE NEWS ARE TRACED, AND THE PLACES WHERE ERRORS IN HANDLING NEWS CAN EASILY BE MADE BY REPORTERS, NEWS-WRITERS, AND EDITORS ARE POINTED OUT. THE HANDBOOK ALSO PROVIDES SPECIFIC GUIDES, SUGGESTIONS, AND EXAMPLES OF NEWS-STORIES FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, SERVICE, AND ACTIVITY USUALLY FOUND IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. IT IS AVAILABLE FROM QUILL AND SCROLL SOCIETY, SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240, $0.50. (MM)